ʻO ke paikikala mauna, ʻo ka inoa Pelekane ʻo "mountain bike", i hoʻopōkole ʻia ʻo MTB. Mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, he kumu hoʻohālike ia i loaʻa mai nā ʻōpio ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei i ka pīhoihoi a me ka hoʻokele paikikala e hana i nā heihei hoʻopunipuni ma nā wahi alanui ʻole i nā hoʻokūkū mokokaikala. ʻO ke kanaka mua e holo i kahi paikikala mauna ma waho o ke alanui he haumāna ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, ʻo James Finley Scott, ʻo ia ke kanaka mua i hoʻololi i kahi paikikala maʻamau i paikikala mauna. Ma hope mai, ua lilo mālie nā haʻuki cross-country i mea kaulana ma ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a hoʻokumu i kahi hanana. I ka makahiki 1990, ua ʻike ka International Cycling Union i ka haʻuki, a i ka makahiki 1991 ua mālama ʻia ka World Cup mua. ʻO nā paikikala mauna he mau paikikala i hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia no ke alanui ʻole (nā puʻu, nā alahele, nā mahina ʻai a me nā alanui ʻiliʻili one, a pēlā aku), a ʻo kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona nui: nā kaila ākea, nā lima pololei, ka hoʻomoʻa haʻalulu mua a me hope, a me ka holo ʻoluʻolu. Hāʻawi nā kaila ākea, multi-niho i ka paʻa, a aia nā mea hoʻopōʻino haʻalulu e hoʻopōʻino i nā haʻalulu. Ua lilo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻopōʻino haʻalulu mua i mea maʻamau i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a ke lilo nei nā kaʻa me nā mea hoʻopōʻino haʻalulu mua a me hope i mea kaulana. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau paikikala mauna e hoʻohana i nā lima liʻiliʻi, akā ua lilo nā paikikala me ke kihi i luna i mea kaulana a me nā paikikala mauna. Loaʻa iā lākou nā ʻano o ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe a me ka hele wāwae maʻalahi. ʻAʻohe pono e koho i ke alanui i ka wā e holo ai. Inā he hele wāwae alanui a i ʻole ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia. Nā loiloi maikaʻi, hiki i nā mea holo paikikala ke hauʻoli piha i ka leʻaleʻa holo ʻoluʻolu ma nā ʻano alanui like ʻole, nā paikikala mauna, ma muli o ko lākou ʻano paʻa, paʻa, hou, nā kala kala, a me ka hana holo maikaʻi loa, e lilo koke i kūlanakauhale. ʻO ke ʻano a me nā paikikala mauna i alualu ʻia e ka poʻe ʻōpio he ʻokoʻa mai nā paikikala maʻamau ma nā ʻāpana like ʻole, e like me nā kaila me ka hopena cushioning, ke kūpaʻa haʻalulu maikaʻi, ka paʻa a me ke kino ikaika me ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe o nā mea, nā paikikala ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka luhi, a ma nā pali pali. ʻO ka hoʻoili ʻana e hiki ke holo mālie, a pēlā aku, e ʻoi aku ka kūpono o nā paikikala mauna no ka piʻi mauna ma waho o ke alanui a me nā huakaʻi.